That's right @bigTillyMint. I have been in loads of student houses in my time and I can't believe how nice this one is.
It isn't perfect. DD has the smallest room, even tinier than her room in halls, and there are a few niggles, but apparently the landlord has said that wait until everyone has arrived and send him a list of what needs doing.
The shelf in DD's room is hanging off the wall, a couple of the gas rings on the (Rangemaster stove complete with wok burner!) don't work, the kettle doesn't work and a couple of the plastic shelves in one of the fridges are broken. I have photographic evidence of all of these, but I'm fairly confident that the landlord will put these right.
DD said that the living room was a horrible shade of green when they viewed the house, but it has been repainted. The bathroom on DD's floor looks like it has recently been replaced, and has a double walk in shower and a bath! The wooden kitchen work surfaces have been re-varnished, I think the cooker hood has been replaced judging by the dust on the hob (everywhere else in the kitchen is spotless because I started to clean it and found that it didn't need doing!), so I am optimistic about the other issues being sorted.
DD and her friends aren't the sort to trash a place. It being one of the reasons they all wanted to share because they wanted to get away from their skanky flatmates in halls.